Like the dusty ghost towns clustered in the West, abandoned mining towns tell subtle stories of a bygone time. It just so happens that those stories tend to be bone-chilling. Appalachia ...

Six puppies found abandoned in a West Virginia mine shaft are now safe in Westmoreland County.

Its role in the community goes beyond rehab: ARC has been buying up abandoned buildings ... this type of arrangement is playing out in other Appalachian towns.) More From Newser ・She Was ...

How abandoned coal mines in Appalachia are joining the global race for rare earth metals Researchers in West Virginia are hoping to develop scaleable methods for extracting rare earth metals from ...